So for a while now I've been perplexed because I'm often able to beat Ranger the first time I fight him, but almost never after that fight.

I believe that the dex penalty for a bow in melee (or something similar) is causing his dex to be lower for that first fight.
The only reason I'm doubting myself is that I've seen similar results with JS's team Priestess of the Moon... and he has a Melee weapon equipped.

How the heck am I hitting the same number of times with a +300 exbow and 1.8m dex as I am with a +160 SoD and 800k dex?

The penalties to the exbow's CTH are crazy, missing is easy without enough dex. So a tank with a defense capability appropriate for it's pr should be able to effectively defend assuming they're a single minion or using an RoE, which lets face is it what every tank should be.

AA's team, Little Anthony's, JS's Priestess, Dixie Cousins. There's always been a few. It's not always tank teams if that's what you're thinking, and it's also been regardless of what strat I was running at the time.

A lot of people are so scared of losing XP or CPs that they only ever fight their main fightlist. But I'm always going to standard list and seeing if there's anybody new I can beat. Other people would probably have noticed it by now.

That's from The Immortals' recent battles list. The one at 12:55 AM is a win on my part. There are no other battles going on at that time - that is I'm not being farmed, and neither is AA. The four battles either side are more typical, I lose first time, and get a double tap win. But there's nothing else influencing that winning battle.

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